Talented sprinter Rubick has the chance to record a maiden win at Group 1 level in the 2014 Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington on Saturday and trainer Gerald Ryan believes that the three-year-old is spot on ahead of the star-studded race.
Rubick stamped himself as one of the leading 2014 Coolmore Stud Stakes chances when he took out the Schillaci Stakes in impressive fashion.
Rubick missed the start of the 2014 Spring Racing Carnival due to a virus, but he returned to racing with an impressive win at weight-for-age level in the Group 2 Schillaci Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on October 11.
Ryan told Sky Racing HQ that he was thrilled with the performance of Rubick in the Schillaci Stakes and he believes that the Encosta De Lago colt has taken plenty of benefit out of his first-up run and is in excellent condition heading into the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) this weekend.
“He did a good job,” Ryan said.
“He was a three-year-old at weight-for-age having his first start against the older horses and it was good to see Iconic and Platelet run so well in the big race on Friday night.
“He has always shown enough and not many horses are able to have a first-up win in a weight-for-age race as a three-year-old in the spring.
“He is going the right way, he has done well since and he went to Flemington to have a look up the straight on Friday morning and he worked nice.
“Kerrin was very happy with him and the boys were happy with him at Caulfield this morning.
“They reckon he is a spot-on and right where you want to have him.”